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The Church of England, it seems, is having a debate with itself about the future of traditional parishes alongside more informal, lay-led worshipping communities: ‘A church without walls’: Anglicanism divided on shift away from tradition | Anglicanism | The Guardian Although the Church vehemently denies abandoning “old-style” and sometimes (though by no means always) ailing…

The UK at the moment seems to be treating Asylum seekers as if they are pirates raiding us- perhaps it would be more realistic if we recognised the great compliment being paid to us that people want to come here, for whatever reason.  We should stop treating them like dirt, and recognise what it is…

We met on Armistice Day, November 11th.  In the news was the continuing situation of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran, her husband’s hunger strike outside the Foreign Office, and the possibility of meetings between UK and Iranian diplomats.  Since then, however, there has been little or no progress about her release or that of others detained…

On October 31st 1517, Martin Luther is said to have nailed 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenburg in Germany (although some say he simply sent them to the Archbishop). Those Theses provoked what is known today as the Protestant Reformation. Since the time of Martin Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses Paul’s letters to the Romans…

Polyarchy??  Oligarchy I recognise, and monarchy, and even anarchy, but who are you? (with apologies to Acts 19:15).  The word was (first?) used in the mid-1970s, but “Promoting Polyarchy” is the title of a book published in 1996, written by William I. Robinson, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee.  In it…

Recently there has been plenty of discussion about reviving the UK economy after Covid to create new (and “greener”) jobs, especially to “level up” former “Red Wall” parts of the country, and “Build Back Better”.  One solution gaining interest and scrutiny is Universal Basic Income, through schemes which guarantee everyone enough for their minimum needs….

DEVELOPMENTS IN YEMEN – 2021 One of the first insights into new developments in the Middle East in 2021 and of the foreign policy of the new President Biden, specifically in the area, has come in his announcements on Yemen. As Pierson puts it however, just because the US President says a war has ended,…

Wymington Chapel has a congregation of about a dozen people.    From Easter 2021 we have been alternating on Sunday mornings with St Lawrence Parish Church:  normally at St Lawrence on the 1st and 3rd Sundays in the month, at 9.30 am, and usually Eucharists, with occasional services of Morning Prayer.  On the 2nd and…

“For where your Treasure is….”- a summary of our discussions on “What does the Bible say about Wealth?”: Read More >>